In a message dated 6/3/01 9:16:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ladyaudris@earthlink.net writes: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [BOWERS] Indiana brick wall. poss Phineas Bowers/Sarah Connet > tie? > Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:03:21 -0600 > Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 23:00:57 -0500 > From: "Carolynn McLaughlin" <cmclaugh@alumni.indiana.edu> > Reply-To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com > Organization: IU School of Law > To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com > > I need information on a few people in my Bowers line. They are reputed > to be of English stock. > > First off, I can tell you from photos that go back to my gg-grandfather > that all of the men in this family were tall, with dark brown or black > hair and most with blue eyes. They were dark complected as well, taking > a tan easily. Some of the brothers of my g-grandfather had extremely > deep-set eyes, which made them look stern. If this look runs in your > line (my uncle looks just like my gg-grandfather, so it has continued in > my family for four generations) and any of the names and dates (many of > which are approximate) match your info, PLEASE drop me a line. We might > well be related!! > > This is my direct line, from now on back: > > ME > > V > > I believe my gr gr-grandfather to be David Corwin Bowers, believed to have been born in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio sometime in 1830. His military papers list him as 6' 2, black hair, & blue eyes. One place his complexion is listed as fair, another place as dark. Many of the Bowers that we know of seem to be quite tall. John Franklin Bowers, son of David, and Albert Bowers, son of John Franklin Bowers, were both at least 6'. Warren is 6' 3" and his daughter is 6'. Nancy Barbara Bowers, daughter of Albin Bowers, was quite tall, and her oldest daughter, Angeline was at least 6' tall. I have a picture signed William Bowers, Pearlington Ms., 1928 ,who also appears to be quite tall. We believe William to be James W. Bowers, son of Albin Bowers and Mary Glover. Brother of Albert W., and Nancy Barbara Bowers. There is another child listed on the 1900 Pearlington, Ms census, but unable to read name. Could be William, but party who read the census info for me says it looks like Alain. Somehow I keep thinking that this family somehow ties into the Ball family of Indiana. Possibly through either a Glover or Bowers Connection, or possibly both. I found that the Ball family line tied into my Ulrich Line. My gr gr grandfather, Frank Christian Marth ,married Ernestine Henrietta Ulrich. Their son, Andrew W. Marth, married Nancy Barbara Bowers. Nancy Babara Bowers mother was a Mary Glover. John Ball married a Nancy Glover, but have not been able to find any info on the Glover line in this family. The oldest Bowers I found listed in the index of persons in the Ball line was a Donald Hobart Bowers-- 21 Jun 1897. Well It is getting late and I have to sign off for tonight. Don't know if we can find a connection here, but the physical discription of both our Bowers sounds promising. Maybe we should do a little corresponding and see if we can come up with something. Diana